Art, beauty and well-ordered chaos

The eternal question of 'what to do with all these scraps?' had many answers in the 18 th century when little went to waste. As a...

1775-80 English Gown I made another English Gown or Robe A l'a nglaise from The Cut of Women's Clothes. This one is made from ...

Men's neckwear in the 18 th century took several forms. The first was the stock , a gathered band of fabric that tied or buckled at...

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a simple 18 th century woman's cap. There are many variations, but they all go together ab...

It's finished!!! My current (finished) embroidery project is an 18 th century inspired black linen stomacher with bull thistles. (...

Here are the gentlemen that I've picked out. It took me a while to get these to post. I found these paintings the same time as the o...

I LOVE the 1700's. I'm still having difficulty finding paintings of men that I really like, but I'm getting there. I've p...